Doll-support



(No Model.)

L. HBRRIGK. Doll Support.

No. 232,403. Patented sept. 21,1880.

NA FEIERS, PHOI'LLLITHDGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

LIZZIE HERRIOK, OF IOWA CITY, IOWA.

DOLL-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 232,403, datedSeptember 21, 1880.

Application filed June 8, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, LIZZI'E HERRIGK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Iowa City, Johnson county, and State of Iowa, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Doll- Supports; and I do hereby declarethe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings and letters of reference markedthereon, forming a part of this specification, in which drawings- Figurelisa view, in elevation, ot' a doll, the doll being clothed andsustained in erect position by the doll-support shown in Figs., 2 and 3;Fig. 2 is a like view, the doll heilig divested ofclothing. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the doll-support to which the doll shown in Figs. land 2 is applied; and Fig. .tis a like View of t-he doll-spport shown inFigs. 2 and 3, save that its foundation portion is in rectangular form,instead of in the form as shown in the other ligures.

The object of my invention is the production of a cheap, yet suitable,pedestal upon which dolls may be supported in an erect position, andwhich may also be utilized for supporting either large or smallshow-figures in the'showcases or windows of dressing establishments, inorder to display dress 0r fancy goods.

In the drawings,- Figs. 3 and 4 show a pedestahA, having two uprightsupports, as at b b, which project from fonn(lation-supports, as at Oand O. The pedestal A, I form of a single length of wire, two stra-ndsot' the wire being twisted togetherin 'order vto give volume andstrength to the pedestal when completed, as shown in the figures. Theupright supports b b, I make of any suitable height to accommodate thetigure or doll I) to be supported, and

upwardly through the corresponding legs of the pantaloons of a boy doll,and so on to the armpits thereof, and, in ease ot' a girl doll, thatsaid supports b b may be pa-ssed up through and under the skirts orclothing to the armpits, and that when so passed into position, as shownin Fig. 2, neither straps nor braces nor any other appliance isnecessary in order to hold the doll or figure in proper erect position,the doll being held erect and its weight falling upon the rests b at thearmpits ot' the doll, as signified in said Fig. 2; and, further, thatthe doll may readily be withdrawn from such position when a child usingsuch toy desires to place the doll in a sitting or in a recliningposture and separated from the pedestal.

Another advantage possessed by the pedestal is that after inserting itbeneath the clothing of a doll the Hexiblity ofthe wire coniposing itadmits of a compression of the uprights b b to the outline orconn'guration of the doll at its waist, while at the same time suchcompression will not prevent the Withdrawal ofthe doll from the pedestalwhen a child playing with the doll desires so to do.

The simplicity of construction, ease of adj ustment, avoidance ot' allauxiliary clasps, waistbands, straps, or other appliances of a likecharacterxfor giving poise to the doll and for holding it in positionare, in addition to inex-A pensiveness of construction, advantages dueto 1n y improved doll-support, and ill. cases Where the foundation C isconstructed as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the front portions,ff, thereof maybe formed to receive a doll-shoe, thus adding to the completeness andbeauty of the doll when mounted upon the pedestal.

.I claim- As a new article of manufacture, a doll-support consisting ofa foundation` C, provided with two upright supports, b b, terminatinginforked or 't/#shaped armpit-rests b b', substantially as and for thepurpose described.`

LIZZIE HERRICK. Witnesses:

W. J. HUFE, JOHN M. GEIssEL.

